Cheaper by the Dozen 2022 is a family-comedy film directed by Gail Lerner and written by Kenya Barris and Jenifer Rice-Genzuk Henry. It is the third film adaptation of the 1948 semi-autobiographical novel of the same name by Frank Bunker Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey. The movie centers on a multiracial, blended family of 12, navigating a hectic home life while managing their family business.
The plot for the new adaptation of Cheaper by the Dozen is simply: "A family with twelve children balances a hectic home life and a family business". In this remake, Zoey and Paul are a married couple who own and run a breakfast restaurant together where Paul is the chef. They have a blended family, each of them bringing kids from previous marriages, while together they have two sets of twins.
